Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Castner Incorporated
President/Founder, Principal Investigator/Consultant
Duke University
Executive in Residence – Climate Leader. Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, & Sustainability
University at Albany, The State University of New York
Professor, Health Policy, Management, and Behavior – School of Public Health
Jessica Castner is President of Castner Incorporated, a woman-owned small business enterprise, and Executive in Residence – Climate Leader at Duke University. She joined Duke as tenured Professor with the University at Albany. Castner served as the National Academy of Medicine’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence to engage in a prominent role in developing health policy related to climate change and disasters, environmental health, clinician wellbeing, and artificial intelligence applications at the federal level with interprofessional collaborators. Dr. Castner is a fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing and American Academy of Nursing with a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an M.S.N. with a public health nursing concentration at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a B.S.N. from Marquette University. Dr. Castner has also achieved a certificate in Executive Healthcare Leadership from Cornell University. A board-certified emergency nurse, Castner’s work trajectory has focused on environmental and contextual drivers of emergency health outcomes and care.
Email: jpcastner15@gmail.com
Phone: 716-417-7360
Education
Cornell University
Certificate in Executive Healthcare Leadership
2024
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D.Nursing
2012
University of Missouri-Columbia
Master of Science in Nursing (Public Health)
2004
Marquette University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
1999
Professional Employment/Consultant/Appointments
Castner Incorporated
President/Founder, Principal Investigator/Consultant, (3/2018-)
Independent Research Scientist/Analyst Contractor, (2016-2018)
(9/2016 – present)
University at Albany, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
School of Public Health
Professor, Director of Nursing Programs, (3/2023-3/2024)
Professor, Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, (3/2024-present)
(2023 – present leave)
National Academy of Medicine
Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence
(9/2021-8/2022)
Journal of Emergency Nursing, Des Plaines, Illinois
Editor in Chief, (4/2019-2022)
Associate Editor, (9/2014-12/2016)
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
School of Engineering and Applied Science/Jacob’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Research Scientist I, (9/2016-3/2017)
Research Assistant Professor, (10/2015-8/2016)
School of Nursing
Assistant Professor, (9/2013-8/2016)
Research Assistant Professor, (9/2012-8/2013)
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Assistant Professor, (8/2015-2017)
(9/2012-3/2017)
D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York
Assistant Professor & Completion Level Coordinator
(9/2007-9/2012)
Peer Reviewed Publications
Dr. Castner’s research trajectory and published work revolves around four synergistic themes:
- Inhaled toxicants and health outcomes.
- Innovating the next generation of telehealth nursing, including mhealth tools for respiratory health and environmental exposure measurement.
- Unscheduled, or emergency, healthcare and utilization and care.
- Understanding and improving occupational environments.
A comprehensive list of published work may be found in Dr. Castner’s PubMed Bibliography
Awards & Honors
American Thoracic Society, Terrorism and Inhalation Disaster Section
Lifetime Achievement Award
2025
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing
Pioneer Award
2021
American Academy of Nursing
Fellow
2018
New York State Emergency Nurses Association
Research Award
2018
American Journal of Nursing
Book of the Year Award – Environmental Health
2018
Nursing Outlook
Outstanding Research Award
2017
Marquette University College of Nursing
Young Alumna of the Year Award
2017
Academy of Emergency Nurses
Fellow
2015
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Health Systems, Policy, & Informatics Research Section
Junior Doctoral Award
2015
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
Semi-Finalist
2014
Professional Nurses Association of WNY/The Buffalo News
2014 Nurse of Distinction in Education
2014
New York State Emergency Nurses Association
Research Poster Award
2014
Healthcare Without Harm
Climate Change and Nurses Contest National 2nd Place Award
2014
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Nursing Alumni Association Graduate Student Recognition Award
2012
New York State Nurses Association
District 1 D’Youville College Nurse of Distinction Nominee
2011
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Harriet Werley Doctoral Fellowship
2009-2011
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chancellor’s Award
2009-2011
Buffalo Business First’s Healthcare 50
2009
Marquette University Sigma Theta Tau
Outstanding Senior Award
1999